Attack documentaries

The Obama campaign have put up a “mini-documentary” about the Charles Keating S&L affair. Here it is:

Never seen this kind of thing before, and it occurs to me it’s unbelievably smart in web terms. A video that’s quick enough to watch over a coffee. Enough stuff in it to harness debate. More than an attack ad, less than a documentary. The ideal attack-medium for a time-poor community that thinks it’s smarter than the average voter.